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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 26, 1931—PART TWO. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. BY J. W. WELLINGTON, - P These Unusual Valuesin Silks Eagle’s and Duplan’s WaSh Fabrics and LaceS! PRINTED —and g Companion Sale of ; FLAT CREPES Notions Prii%gla;‘lgfl:ed g 5139w S /[ DRESS VOILES oL} . . I —Gorgeous new designs—large, small, spaced and floral— —Light weight dress shields in lively bright colors and soft pastels on light and dark in white or flesh and all grounds, Silks that sold earlier in the season at $1.95 a o i # :: Darning Silk, 35¢ dos. - $ AP yard, —Twelve assorted color c yd. Spiraea Van Houttei is a fine setting. This is one of our most retiable . s spools in a box. ""“"fd,“"’ at the same time one of the most beautiful. Though perhaps oyer- Sewing Silk, 3 for 12¢ this shrub nevertheless is destined to be al 1 t i many estimati> qfl:;:fiul i LTI Another Lot Printed Silk Crepes —50-yard spools in fashion- —Photo by courtesy of the Extension Service, U. S, Department of Agriculture) 5 —Twenty-five designs en ble colors. B! a o - 40 1 5 gt AT ot 5 . e sl'lg Yd. . .Bnting Cotton, 3 for 12¢ —Beautiful new printed designs flecked with Pire. _ For the Spring dressing it 15 & —350-yard spools Nassau tiny white dots. Patterns not shown before. good plan to compost manure with leaf cotton. e Mold and sod or other vegetable wastes, : Mercerized Cotton Guaranteed fast colors, 38 inches wide. and then sift in with & coarse screen to remove lumps and bunches. A top ' 2 for 15¢ dressing is a Spring tonic for a lawn. | : —400-yard spools white In the Fall it is not 50 necessary to mercerized cotton. phiox M,rgngfc”ey ;‘;:{e;': L:: e l‘:m:! Bias Tlp;. 2 p‘u.. l‘lvcmu 38c Printed Chiffon Voiles “The forage men advise an applica- . . - . - —Six yards to a piece. “ TR formin; tion of 4 5 pounds of either the —"“Hollywood, Garden o Lorming 1ot of new plants st the | muriate or the suiphaie of potash and < Plain, Printed, Embroidered aee °.°lll°fl’.' & e Gate" and others, in arustie 29€C Yd. ally crowding ‘themselves to death, or(40 0 15 pounds of Superphosphate for will 1ape, Z pes., ehiffon patterns. 38 inches wide, at least to 5 very low state of vigor. | each 1,000 square feet of lawn. = —English twill tape in white should be repeated every two or three and colors. years. i oot of xionee e MME Cdord ey Spring is composed of cottonseed meal —Black and white in all and either nitrate of soda or sulphate - - of ammonia. Use four or five pounds of mu_' 1 on 2 card. Silk Shields, 38c pr. the me‘ll to each pound‘ &l' the eontéfin- trated fertilizer, and scatter the mixture i > over the lawn at the rate of about 15 All‘ colors, also white. to 20 pounds to each 1,000 square feet.” ° yd. Sewing Needles, 2 *'_' 15¢ —Crowley's needles in sll LI ' P . e Exquisite 50c Quality —Heavy Washable Flat Crepes . . . Printed Flat Crepes 2 tubes, 15¢ Simply because s lttle fertilizer is & e il Bighly beneficlal, 1t does not work out + . Printed Silk Chiffons . . . Eyelet Embroidered Pongees it g B eaux Al't CHIFFON gg;g; g“g’,’:{hfll D s tlad « .. Plain-colored Silk Pongees. Beautiful, rich colorings. Sewing Silk, 79¢ ea. centrated materials. It is much safer Exquisite new dui‘n‘. -figcfiunce spools. White ‘or when in doubt to apply a light scatter- f & ing of fertilizer and to repeat a few Blanket Binding, 25¢ it is to apply one hea ¥ gk;,l:n'ir m&;grd‘enem ‘l?:v: "flfmn&é z . —Five yards in a package. the practice of heavy feeding from the Chinese Silk Damask Made of sateen. d days when well rotted stable manure Rainbow Brushes, 5% y . B e ':!:y hu@"‘&f&?‘.’fi —A lovely silk fgbric in fif- 980 Yd The T5c sige; in pretty col- - H Gausing. direet infury, It is dimcult to teen eolors and white. R e themse] b é realize that a handful of concentrated X Shoe Cabinets, $1.00 material may contain, from a chemical Sandpolot; "as muich’ plant food 8 8 . -—Fdom;vcii;:wsr .:':blnm, :ln; —This is an extra fine cotton chiffon veile, in rraw full of manure. Danger is par- \ erel cretonne. §1. 1 ticularly present in the case of newly- X 3 3 3 e, shribs and planis which have nob value. gorgeous designs and colors, It i 38'in, wide. had time to develop & new Toot system. 5 Hosiery Boxes, 29¢ Later, when tbe roots have spread out, —Hexagon shaped boxes some of them will be out of the imme- i Giate reach of fertilizer. For example, R e e b 39¢ Rayon Flat Crepes 80 pounds of nitrate of soda were ap- . : B I 4lc B TR S L S Plain and Printed T —Piain_pustel and_ savle 200 Y. injury. With newly-set apple trees, one unburnable. Cover of un- street shades, in a good . half pound of the same material might bleached muslin, * range of colors; 36 inches wide. b mly kill the tree. Hawe\i;rau 'dlvu-led t S4e smaller portions, applied at inter- 8y T T SILKS and RAYONS o colored sneeing. Hold the same line the Departms eight garment Shoe Bags, 39¢ ining s h —Twelve-pocket astyles of tonseed meal, is a safe and practical 2 9c yd :'::'rted x(r;:uflm.z 25¢ nseed meal a safe and pra -on rters, 2 pr., . way of using these materials on the . ¢ flesh colored web elas-- 3 . ¢ . - g e ’59¢ and 69¢ Printed dircchiond oo, the package and Carenuily —Printed Silk Crepes . . . Printed Silk Pongees . . . Wash- e heed the recommendations. Take, for . —Folding styls with b ¢xample, some of the new syntbetic fer- able Silk Flat Crepes . . . Printed Rayon Crepes . . . in on each end, 2 RA i ON ‘ :HIFFONS ; ih Eags colors galore and designs that range from big splashy e ENatle: 280 we g e —Twelve-yard pieces of FARM AND GARI flowers to neat little figures ;:‘3: atre‘tcg‘:hfi; ;m:x;. 00! s, 3 for CARE OF LAWNS . -—Plpc’: bags. Side-opening 4‘90 d‘ | o o style, Size 27x37-inch. y " The following release from the press ; e fi Honan Silk Pongee, Special i ent of Agricul- . : —A washable, all-silk pon- boxes, . ol e e | & = gee In fifty smart colors. 59¢ Yd. —Our own brand. Soluble —A beautiful rayon fabric in glorious chiffon at rather low ebb this Bpring s nary e @ Kann's—Street Floor, sanitary napkins. designs and artistic colorings on a fine quality extra in i care putting them back mto - (,“:‘ 4;*7;’*;:.:. “l,"c-;:mdmm‘. zxtfl:ioe R‘r:kc.k'l 8:0 e va 36 254’8 years old, twice —Extension yon. in. wide. 5% "Trom ‘sur Nurserigae o Trenly fastened to Sloset, door. Hold ; pairs of shoes. e e ®, \ Haie Nets 4 for 29¢ 25¢ Fast-Color Percales about 8 1t., nicely theped. Each 199 —Vogue nets in cap or mnu styles. All colors but whi —Neat practical patterns l 8 Yd or gray. Reg. 10c each. and serviceable colorings. C . . 3 o Utility Cloths, 25¢ pr. 36 inches wide. Chantllly and Spamsh —Five-yard pleces—for dust- TR o ERERESE Eagggge;é 58 i & 53 58 E H g!.&?gg efek;s 1 Fssgia BT ag a H il E fEés sEEE 13 h il 1 533 i 5 g | £ : ; : ! k 5 g : £ 85 7] i gi ] ing, etc. Rubber Sheeting, 47¢ yd. Eq , Ec Evergreens, Each —One yard wide—double t growth that the grass, which thrives | - . Nice and bushy. :&m:z:::;‘m will run out the o $-Few Fries mice, ¥ or. 98c | A -O ‘ 7 ER I A‘ :E S covered. - ‘Por 4 s P I‘I‘ 6 Dish Cloths, 45¢ —Medium size, open mesh. E,.. ! i} $ 1 09 :;32"3 it)?:lnmte.su' o Half-Price Sale! AZALEAS MOTLIS—wonder }( fl | PY yd. Stease Conbbacis 305 $1 32 Se . g piiremendous clusters of deep i . ms. s 12 98¢ ‘ —A set of four for this price. ud. EA Del , AZALEAS NUDITLORA gg d_yr., 3 for 50c; some perennials, Pink. blooming size. EACH JOC Assorted colors. (J i : e AL —Beautiful laces for the entire dress, or for blouses, Sheer Mothproof Bags, $1.95 Machin Thru Hyatisville to trafe lisht: left RHODODENDRONS — Fink, purpls 7 g (/ es - nizdy Faads o Bsbisim, ° AT e | | outlined types, also the heavier Spanish laces—in beige, P gt Tl e B A low and A Shoe Ci 19¢ brown, green, peach, navy, yellow and pink—also black. i e it cream for light kid shoes. i Miniature Irons, 89¢ $2 to $3 Spring Wool Goods —Just the thing to tuck in e §1 yd oo AP pel ' 4 Scissors or Shear: » - Kann's—Street, Floor. —First quality ateel.astort- & 2 m"f;!l a D'""d"" C""::’ ed sizes. v of. reumaklng ourse Sani Belts, 19¢ i ! _Amml:;gm :;’ rubber. / ; ~—You save exactly $66.00 on each ma- Ol e P oo g ¢ : o —] ghouse elect 3 Also Shrubs, Roses, T T T e > ; garters attached. 20 inse, Poruipialetosk tors—Caitornia uu..::‘.‘ ,:‘.;-fi:(‘;“: 98¢ : ( : _gD" ge -:ur, “é l::;‘ % full set of attachments. sitpienovelty sty mlicd K % gal, 0c: 1 gal, 8136, $2 Down—Monthly Payments Ziraia=Dalis foworiae. 7 2 Silk Elastic, 25¢ Kann's—Fourth Floor. HY&‘JEE%I%LE o e ] e —84-in. fluh-cuhred,d. silk 2 o :}.:sm' for shoulder straps, i Kann's—Street Floor. e Plaats 98¢ plants, 98¢,